THE NE.W YORKER ticularly awesome form. On the first, he pushed his drive into the rough and missed the green to the right with his approach, but he got down in two to save his par. He could hardly have played the second-a 555-yard par 5-less impressively. After shoving his drive into the upswept front face of the fairway hunker, he tried to pick the ball smoothly off the sand with a full swing, in a foolish pursuit of maximum distance; the ball struck the turfed front edge of the bunker and ricocheted to the back edge of the hazard, leaving Crenshaw with an awkward down- hill lie and no choice but to explode out sidewise. He half topped hIs fourth, a fairway wood, and put his pitch over the green, but he got down again in a chip and a putt for a 7. On the third, a drive-and-pitch par 4, he found the faIrway bunker with his tee shot but scrambled out his par. He birdied the par-3 fourth, ripping a superb 3-iron twenty feet from the pin and holing the putt, but he failed to hit the next three greens in the regulation stroke. Here some further explanation is nec- essary.. On the sixth, a par 3 where the pin was positioned near the front of the green, his medium iron landed fairly close to it but spun off the slanted green back to the fringe. On the seventh, a 365-yard par 4, the same thing, in spades. The green on this hole is archi- tecturally quite untypical of those at the Augusta National; plateaued about ten feet above the fairway, it is protected in front by three large bunkers and in back by two more. With the pin set a dozen feet or so from the front edge, Crenshaw played a gorgeous approach with his pitching wedge which came down hole-high.. He actually hit the shot too well, for the backspin on the ball carried it back ten feet, where it caught the downslope and proceeded to skitter through the narrow strait of grass between two bunkers and end up on the fairway thirty-five feet from the pin. Understandably discomposed by this turn of events, Crenshaw needed three strokes to get down, so after seven holes he stood three over par- not good, but not bad, either, con- sidering that he had missed six of the first seven greens. His tribulatiuns brought to mind the story about the young pro who, on his first trip to the Masters, tore the course to shreds in his practice rounds, which he played with the veteran Demaret. "I thought you told me this was a tough course, Jimmy," the young man said after a final tune-up round of 68. Demaret smiled tolerantly, and told him, "Son, tomorrow when the tournament be- 115 üttala in flux r '} ' J ! "" jf. <., 1 1 i'if jlf f ' ..\ ^ " \. < i "'-" -\f ;,.. . . ,. t ' i r-' A i"': i" :>:< d 1. i ) \ 1 \. .. > * i << - "^ '"J,Ø r- ,,# Tapio Wirkkala calls his newest design Niva - Finnish for '''rush- ing stream:' I ts flow is frozen in glass by master craftsmen Six sizes from liqueurs to doubles. When shopping, look for this mark: iittala USA ltd. 225 Fifth A ven ue New York, New York 10010 Telephone: (212) 689-7430 And in Canada: R. G.. How Limited, Montreal Own a piece of sports histor)r. Aaron in bronze: Grace your home or office with this fine art. It will give you hours of pleasure, while appreciating in value. ,tf Casting lin1ited to one for each home run of Aaron'ç; career. " Each piece is foundry, cast bronze, individually numbered with " date ,lnd data on the specific hon1e run it represents. :" , "'ÿ' Acco111panied by a certificate of authenticity personally signed by , " Henry Aaron. By famous sculptor Thon1as Holland. Mounted ,V' on \V dlnut base. Requests for specific h0111e run nun1bers . " " accepted in order of arrival. Height 16/1. $ 1,000. , <y Full color þrznt signed by Aaron: Aaron has authorized a lin1ited editIon print of a portrait by Coby Whitmore. Each print individually numbered and personally auto, graphed by Henry Aaron. Size 24" x 32" $100 "" ? f All prints lithographed on handmade Kama paper by the S rb arti t at Krug. Prints shipped fra111ed under non,glare gla<.;s for $50 additional. Choice of wood or chro111e. ,:, , : L:: i' ...:.:. :::. .,::: ..... .. ; "\ ,,' {- 1.. ,', .', ',,',' " : ,'.. þ.': .. -,..,.,. :." ': .:-. ...:- 0: . . American Gallery of Sports Art One NorthPark, 8950 Nonh Central Expressway, SUite 118 A, Dallas, Texas 75231 Visit our Dallas gallery at Carillon Plaza, 13601 Preston Road Enclo..,ed is $ . (Or see credit card number below.) Send n1e _Aaron sculpture, $1,000. _SIgned Aaron pnnt , $100. _Please fran1e print , $ 50 each D Wood D Chron1e -Put n1e on your hst of sports an collectors. Cha rge to: D An1cncan Express D Bank An1encard Account Number D Master Charge D Nan1e Addre s City State ZIp